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tailing
(encz) | tailing,hlušina n: luke |
tailing
(encz) | tailing,nenápadné následování n: luke |
tailing
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
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Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
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9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
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15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
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16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
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17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
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18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
[PJC]
19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Tailing
(gcide) | Tailing \Tail"ing\, n.
1. (Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted
in a wall. --Gwilt.
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2. (Surg.) Same as Tail, n., 8
(a) .
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3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. pl. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed
threshing and winnowing; chaff.
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5. pl. (Mining) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind
the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed
over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it.
Called also tails. --Pryce.
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6. (Elec.) A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due
to capacity in the line and causing signals to run
together.
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tailing
(wn) | tailing
n 1: the act of following someone secretly [syn: shadowing,
tailing] |
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detailing
(encz) | detailing,dodělání n: Zdeněk Broždetailing,prověření n: Zdeněk Brož |
retailing
(encz) | retailing,maloobchodní podnikání Jaroslav Šedivý |
tailing
(encz) | tailing,hlušina n: luketailing,nenápadné následování n: luke |
Curtailing
(gcide) | Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See
Curtal.]
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
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I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.
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Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled. --Macaulay.
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detailing
(gcide) | detailing \detailing\ n.
1. description of something in detail.
Syn: particularization.
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2. Thorough cleaning, esp. of the interior of automobiles.
Syn: detailed cleaning.
[PJC]Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F.
d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See
Detail, n.]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report
minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he
detailed all the facts in due order.
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2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as
an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
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3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
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Syn: Detail, Detach.
Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person
or body that is separated; detach, the removing for
the given end or object.
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Detailing
(gcide) | detailing \detailing\ n.
1. description of something in detail.
Syn: particularization.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Thorough cleaning, esp. of the interior of automobiles.
Syn: detailed cleaning.
[PJC]Detail \De"tail\ (d[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F.
d['e]tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See
Detail, n.]
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report
minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he
detailed all the facts in due order.
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2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as
an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
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3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
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Syn: Detail, Detach.
Usage: Detail respects the act of individualizing the person
or body that is separated; detach, the removing for
the given end or object.
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Dovetailing
(gcide) | Dovetail \Dove"tail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dovetailed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Dovetailing.]
1. (Carp.)
(a) To cut to a dovetail.
(b) To join by means of dovetails.
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2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to
fit ingeniously or complexly.
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He put together a piece of joinery so crossly
indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it
was indeed a very curious show. --Burke.
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Entailing
(gcide) | Entail \En*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See
Entail, n.]
1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a
person and his descendants or a certain line of
descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as
an heritage.
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Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume.
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I here entail
The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
--Shak.
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2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]
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To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak.
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3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.]
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Entailed with curious antics. --Spenser.
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Retailing
(gcide) | Retail \Re*tail"\ (r[-e]*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Retailed;p. pr. & vb. n. Retailing.] [Cf. F. retailler to
cut again; pref. re- re + tailler to cut. See Retail, n.,
Tailor, and cf. Detail.]
1. To sell in small quantities, as by the single yard, pound,
gallon, etc.; to sell directly to the consumer; as, to
retail cloth or groceries.
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2. To sell at second hand. [Obs. or R.] --Pope.
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3. To distribute in small portions or at second hand; to tell
again or to many (what has been told or done); to report;
as, to retail slander. "To whom I will retail my conquest
won." --Shak.
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He is wit's peddler, and retails his wares
At wakes and wassails. --Shak.
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tailing
(gcide) | Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. taegel, taegl; akin to G. zagel, Icel.
tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.]
1. (Zool.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior
appendage of an animal.
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Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of
movable vertebrae, and is covered with flesh and hairs
or scales like those of other parts of the body. The
tail of existing birds consists of several more or less
consolidated vertebrae which supports a fanlike group
of quills to which the term tail is more particularly
applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering
hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The
term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of
a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal
piece or pygidium alone.
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2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles,
in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin.
[1913 Webster]
Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled
waters of those tails that hang on willow trees.
--Harvey.
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3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of
anything, -- as opposed to the head, or the superior
part.
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The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail.
--Deut.
xxviii. 13.
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4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
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"Ah," said he, "if you saw but the chief with his
tail on." --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head,
effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the
expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is
thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its
fall.
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6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle.
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7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes.
It is formed of the permanent elongated style.
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8. (Surg.)
(a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end,
which does not go through the whole thickness of the
skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; --
called also tailing.
(b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by
splitting the bandage one or more times.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which
it may be lashed to anything.
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10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly
upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore
(Encyc. of Music).
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11. pl. Same as Tailing, 4.
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12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part,
as a slate or tile.
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13. pl. (Mining) See Tailing, n., 5.
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14. (Astronomy) the long visible stream of gases, ions, or
dust particles extending from the head of a comet in the
direction opposite to the sun.
[PJC]
15. pl. (Rope Making) In some forms of rope-laying machine,
pieces of rope attached to the iron bar passing through
the grooven wooden top containing the strands, for
wrapping around the rope to be laid.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16. pl. A tailed coat; a tail coat. [Colloq. or Dial.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
17. (Aeronautics) In airplanes, an airfoil or group of
airfoils used at the rear to confer stability.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
18. the buttocks. [slang or vulgar]
[PJC]
19. sexual intercourse, or a woman used for sexual
intercourse; as, to get some tail; to find a piece of
tail. See also tailing[3]. [slang and vulgar]
[PJC]
Tail beam. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail coverts (Zool.), the feathers which cover the bases of
the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the
quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills
are called the upper tail coverts, and those below, the
under tail coverts.
Tail end, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end
of a contest. [Colloq.]
Tail joist. (Arch.) Same as Tailpiece.
Tail of a comet (Astron.), a luminous train extending from
the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and
usually in a direction opposite to the sun.
Tail of a gale (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the
wind has greatly abated. --Totten.
Tail of a lock (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance
into the lower pond.
Tail of the trenches (Fort.), the post where the besiegers
begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire
of the place, in advancing the lines of approach.
Tail spindle, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning
lathe; -- called also dead spindle.
To turn tail, to run away; to flee.
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Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out
another way; but all was to return in a higher
pitch. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]Tailing \Tail"ing\, n.
1. (Arch.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted
in a wall. --Gwilt.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Surg.) Same as Tail, n., 8
(a) .
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3. Sexual intercourse. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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4. pl. The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed
threshing and winnowing; chaff.
[1913 Webster]
5. pl. (Mining) The refuse part of stamped ore, thrown behind
the tail of the buddle or washing apparatus. It is dressed
over again to secure whatever metal may exist in it.
Called also tails. --Pryce.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Elec.) A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due
to capacity in the line and causing signals to run
together.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
detailing
(wn) | detailing
n 1: an individualized description of a particular instance
[syn: particularization, particularisation,
detailing] |
retailing
(wn) | retailing
n 1: the activities involved in selling commodities directly to
consumers |
tailing
(wn) | tailing
n 1: the act of following someone secretly [syn: shadowing,
tailing] |
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